Meat-chopper



R. L. GORE. MEAT GHOPPBR.

(No Model.)

No. 546,384. Patented Sept. 1'7, 1895,

UNIT-nn STATES Pni'rnivr miren..

RUSSELL LEE GORE, OF CARLSLE, KENTUCKY.

MEAT-SHOPPER.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,384, dated September 17, 1 895 Application tiled December 18, 1894. Serial No. 532,215.

To all whom it iii/ay concern: l l

Be it known that I, RUSSELL LEE GORE, a residentof Carlisle, in the county of Nicholas and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Choppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in meatchoppers, one object of the invention being to so construct a meat-chopper that the knives can be readily removed for cleaning or sharpening, but so that when the parts are assembled the knives will be held rigidly and immovably in place.

A further object is to provide a meat-chopper with a back adapted to give the device a proper amount of Weight and constitute a firm support for the knives.

A further object is to provide a meat-chop per with simple means for preventing the knives from passing completely through the meat being acted upon.

A further object lis to produce a device for chopping meat, vegetables, die., which shall be simple in construction, easy to be cleaned, cheap to manufacture, and effectual in all respects in the performance of its functions.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Figs. 3 and tare views illustrating a modification of my involition.

A represents a back of such construction as to give the proper weight to the device and constitute a firm support for the knives B. From the respective ends of the back A flanges a a depend, the iiange a being provided in its inner face with a conical recess or socket h, and the iiange o. being provided at its lower end with an inwardly-projecting lug c, having a beveled upper face c. Said flange a is also made with a socket or recess d for the reception of a rod e, the forward end of which is adapted to enter the conical socket (No model.)

or recess o in the flange a. The knives B, which are disposed transverselyT on the back A, are made with perforations for the passage of the rod e, and said knives are spaced apart a proper distance by means of a series of washersfon the rod c. The forward end of the rod e is screw-threaded and passes through a screw-threaded perforation g in a guard block or tooth C, which latter is made with a blunt end g', adapted to project slightly beyond the plane ofV the knife-edges. At the opposite end of the back A another guard block or tooth C' is located, and this block or tooth is also made to projectsomewhat beyond the plane of the knife edges, said guard plates or teeth serving to prevent the knives from passing completely through the meat when the device is in use, and the block or tooth C also serving as a nut and bearing against the knife at the forward end of theseries. 1

The block or tooth C is made near its upper end with a recess i', having a beveled face i', which when the parts are assembled rests parallel with the beveled face of the lug c, so that in effect the base of the block or tooth C projects over said lug c and is prevented from escape, serving also to prevent the escape of the rod e, which passes through said 'block or tooth from the socket or recess ci.

From the construction and arrangement of parts above described it will be seen that in assembling the parts the forward end of the rod e will enter the conical socket o in the flange a. By turning the rod e the block or tooth C will be made to move np on said rod and. force the knives close against the washers between them and the block or tooth C into locked engagement with the lug d. The socket b being made conical, and the engaging faces of the lug c and block or tooth C being made beveled, it will he seen that as the rod c is turned and its end made to reach the bottom of the conical socket b the knives will be made to move toward the base or back A, and when saidiV rod shall have been turned to its full extent to cause said knives to have a rm contact with said back A. The parts will thus be tightly connected together and the device will be quite efficient in the performance of its functions. Itis evident that by turning the rod e in the reverse direction the device can be disassembled and the knives IOO removed for cleaning or sharpening. The rod c maybe extended and provided at its free end with a handle c', or, if desired, the rod e may be out off close te the base or back A and a handle j secured to the' top ofy said back or base.

rIn theform of the invention shown in Figs.

guard blocks or teeth Z; at each side, and betweenthese guards or teeth ar slotted plate Z is located. rlhe knives Z fit in the slots in said plate and are perforated for the passage of a rod or key Z2, which latter also passes through a perforation at the lower end of a rod Z3. The rod Z3 passes loosely through the back A and through a handle Z4, which may be made integral with said back. The upper end of the red Z3 is screw-threadedfor the reception of a thumb-nut Z5, by means of which they parts are held rigidly connected.

It' will be seen ythat when it is desired to clean or sharpen the knives the parts of the device can be readily disassembled by removing the nut Z5. 'f

My improvements are very simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and can be easily and quickly assembled or taken apart.

Various slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention. without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of construetion herein set forth; but,

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. In a chopper, the combination with a back, and guard, blocks or teeth extending laterally therefrom, knives located between said guard blocks or teeth, said guard blocks or teeth projecting beyond the outer edges of the knives, and a rod passed through the knives and guards and holding the knives rigidly in place between the guards and against the back, substantially as set forth.

2. In a chopper, the combination with a back having flanges, one of said flanges having a socket with inclined walls, of a series of knives, and a handle having a rod passing through said knives, said rod being connected with one of said flanges and adapted to enter the socket in the other whereby, when the parts are assembled, the knives will be made to bear firmly against the back, substantially as set forth.

3. In a chopper, the combination with a back having flanges thereon, and knives located between the flanges with their inner edges resting against the back, of a rod passed o and 4, the back A is provided with twoV through one' of the flanges and through the knives and itsy inner end having bearing in the other flange, said rod provided with a screw threadv at or near one end thereof and a slidable device in which said threads turn whereby the said device is moved toward orV awayfrom the knives and the rod locked or 'released according tothe direction in which the rod is turned, substantially as set forth.

et. In a chopper, the combination with a back and flanges projecting therefrom, of a series of knives located between said flanges, guard blocks or teeth located at the respective ends of the series of knives, a threaded rod passing through said knives and blocks or teeth and adapted to enter a socket in one of said flanges, and a lug on'the other flange adapted to engage one of said blocks or teeth, substantially as set forth.

5. In a chopper, the combination with a back having downwardly projecting flanges ontwo of its edges, one of which flanges having a conical hole or socket formed therein,

of knives, and a block located between these flanges, said block having a threaded hole, and a rod having a conical end and screw threads near said end, said rod passed through one of the flanges of Vthe backthrough the knives, its extreme cone shaped end entering the cone shapedy hole in the flange and its threads engaging threads'in the block, substantially as set forth.

G. In a chopper, the combination with a back, and flanges projecting therefrom, one of said flanges having a conical socket and the other flange being provided with a beveled lng, of a series of knives disposed between said tlanges, guard blocks or teeth at theV respective ends of the series of knives and adapted to project beyond the edges of the same, one of said blocks or teeth havinga screwthreaded perforation and the other a plain perforation, the last-mentioned block or teeth having an inclined or beveled face to engage the said beveled lug, and a rod passing through said knives and guard blocks or teeth and adapted to enter said conical socket, said rod also being serewthreaded where it passes through the block or tooth having a serewthreaded perforation, and a handle for the device, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUSSELL LEE GORE.

IVitnesses:

G. IV. GRIMEs, LUOIEN MAUN.

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